by Contributed Content on December 26, 2022 Menlo Park-based nonprofit Community Equity Collaborative (CEC) was honored with the Community Partner Award from the Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County (also known as 4Cs). David Fleishman, 4C’s Executive Director, presented the award to co-founders Heather Hopkins and Dayna Chung (pictured) at their 50th Anniversary & Leadership Awards Event last month, citing CEC’s positive change and collaborative work in the field of early care and education. California State Senator Josh Becker’s office (CA-13) also presented awardees with a Certificate of Recognition, with CEC also receiving commendations for its “collaborative efforts…
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When James Byrne-Martinez was 4, his preschool and his parents noticed that he had a speech delay and he didn’t seem to be following instructions. He also was a sensory seeker — meaning he just had to touch things.”Taking him to a grocery store, he would run his hand on rows of glass bottles,” said his dad, Kevin Byrne. “It was a nightmare.”Yet James’ primary care physician wasn’t overly concerned. He was diagnosed with a sensory processing disorder, but that was it.The family lived in Arizona at the time. When they moved to San Marcos and James starting attending first…
Australian star quick bowler Mitchell Starc is under an injury cloud to play in the remainder of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa after being sent for scans on a middle finger injury on his bowling hand.Starc left the field during the final session on Monday at the MCG after attempting a difficult diving catch, with the full extent of the setback unclear. He later returned to the field but did not bowl in the rest of the session.However close friend and teammate Nathan Lyon admitted the 32-year fast bowler’s injury “doesn’t look the greatest”.Watch Australia v South Africa.…
The inaugural edition of the ICC Women’s U19 T20 World Cup is just around the corner. South Africa will be hosting the marquee event from January 14 to 29. Ahead of the World Cup, India Women’s U19 squad is already in South Africa to play a five-match T20 series against the hosts from December 27 to January 4. This bilateral series is expected to serve as a good preparatory ground for both teams, keeping in mind the all-important Women’s U19 T20 World Cup. 1st T20: India U19 v South Africa U19 | Squads | Players to Watch | Fantasy Playing…
Manteo Rotary awards grant to library Published 12:36 pm Monday, December 26, 2022 Adrienne Palma, Manteo Rotary Club member, and Jonathan Wark, director, East Albemarle Regional Library System and Dare County librarian. Courtesy Manteo Rotary Club The Manteo Rotary Club awarded a grant to the Dare County Library. The “Bridging Cultures Through Reading” grant provided funds to purchase quality bilingual materials for children enrolled in the Dare County Schools dual language immersion program as well as Hispanic students where English may not be the primary language spoken in the home. Purchased with these funds were bilingual books, Spanish language books…
A wrestling match, a vampire story, a set of slogans meant to indoctrinate a troop of young fascists, a popular tearjerker penned by a reactionary author who knows her audience’s base instincts all too well. In all these things there’s a grain of mythology — the use of certain familiar archetypes, of majestic “big ideas,” of narrative forms that are presented as naturally meaningful but, if prodded more carefully, prove emptier and more outdated than they might appear. The French philosopher Roland Barthes was one of the first left-wing theorists to grapple with the theme of myth and mythology in…
SOUTH AFRICA TOUR OF AUSTRALIA, 2022-23 South Africa put up a shoddy performance once again with the bat. ©AFP You know you’re in trouble when the opposition captain wins the toss and, on a pitch clearly full of runs, puts you in to bat nevertheless. It’s an insult to your batters as well as your bowlers, and the last thing you need when your confidence is bruised. But that’s the kind of thing that happens when you hit rock bottom. South Africa dwindled to that point at the MCG on Monday (December 26). They were inserted and bowled out for…
“He would even tell the rest of his teammates, ‘Those of you who eat food from this place, we’re gonna go at it,’” Luis Clemente said. “And they’d say, ‘Roberto, we’re starving. We have to eat something.’ He’d say, ‘I don’t care. … If I’m not good enough to be served food at that restaurant, then that food is not good enough to feed ourselves.’” Source link
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Cheatom is the founder and executive director of WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park and lives in San Diego.Mental health conditions and substance use disorders are on the rise worldwide. In our country, African American teenagers and their families are dealing with rising rates of depression, anxiety and suicide. The New York Times’ Matt Richtel calls it “the inner pandemic.”Kwanzaa is an important cultural holiday because it can be part of the solution for the inner pandemic crisis. Kwanzaa honors generational unity. Elders are respected, like the ancestors they will become, for their long life of service to the community,…